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Monday, August 08, 2011

Britain on the Brink

This article of mine, on the civil unrest sweeping Britain exactly 100 years ago, appears in the Daily Express.

Neil Clark: Exactly 100 years ago the wealthy bought revolvers to protect themselves against the mob, soldiers shot striking workers dead and revolution was in the air...

THE Edwardian era is often portrayed as a period of peace and calm that preceded the horrors of the First World War.

In fact the early years of the 20th century were a time of enormous social unrest. And exactly 100 years ago this month, in August 1911, Britain appeared to be on the brink of revolution.

The Britain of 2011 is a very different country to that of 1911 but with real wages once again falling and tens of billions of pounds wiped off the stock market amid fears of a global economic crash, is our situation really that much less volatile?
After this weekend's events- it seems that it isn’t.

Now that the UK has erupted in a violent rebellion, and the state is cracking down violently, can we expect the UNSC to issue Resolutions to prevent the state from killing civilians? And will NATO offer to lend air support to the rebels? How exactly does this differ from Libyas east? Doesnt this resemble Benghazi just a little?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/london-riots-escalate-police-battleRipping apart peoples livelihoods….the people fleeing Benghazi understand this all too well….Only there, when the state tried to restore control, the UN condemned the Libyan govt, and sent in NATO bombers to back the people ripping Libya apart!

'Harry North': no, I'm still tough on crime, particularly what was described at Nuremberg as the "supreme international crime"ie to initiate a war of aggression.http://johnpilger.com/articles/a-crime-against-humanity

Funny we spend millions annually financing and supporting Soros lead colour revolutions using Twitter, Facebook, youth movements, NGO’s, etc and when the same thing happens spontaneously in our own country using the exact same social networking sites we cry foul.

When the Belarussian opposition smashed up the parliament they got praise and political/financial support from the west.

Funny we spend millions annually financing and supporting Soros lead colour revolutions using Twitter, Facebook, youth movements, NGO’s, etc and when the same thing happens spontaneously in our own country using the exact same social networking sites we cry foul.

When the Belarussian opposition smashed up the parliament they got praise and political/financial support from the west.

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I am a journalist, writer & broadcaster, based in the U.K. I am a regular pundit on foreign/current affairs on RT , Voice of Russia and the BBC.
I am the author of 'Stranger than Fiction', a new biography of Edgar Wallace, which is available here http://goo.gl/o2cZze
I am a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines in UK & overseas including The Guardian, The Week, Morning Star, Daily & Sunday Express, The Mail on Sunday & The Spectator.
My work has also appeared in The Fleet Street Letter, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Australian and in publications as diverse as The American Conservative, Pravda, Woman's Weekly & the Racing Post.
I am strongly opposed to the neo-conservative war agenda -and believe in the urgent necessity of a left-right anti-war coalition.
On domestic issues I support re-nationalisation of the railways and public utilities (I am co-founder of The Campaign for Public Ownership), a new top rate of tax on the very wealthy, free care for the elderly, a free National Health Service including the restoration of NHS dentistry, and protection of the Green Belt and the countryside.
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